International Water Law and the Human Right to Water

The Case of Transboundary Aquifers

Imad Antoine Ibrahim (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-07644-7 (ISBN)

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This book examines the development of international law applicable to Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs) considering the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS). The purpose is to determine how International Water Law (IWL) and the HRWS can be harmonized in the context of TBAs. This is important given rules and instruments adopted to address this topic are relatively nascent, and the field itself is still in the process of developing regulatory frameworks. Taking the application of the HRWS to shared aquifers as a case study, the work discusses whether IWL and International Human Rights Law complement each other. The response to this question requires an analysis of the development of International Groundwater Law and its challenges, the evolution of the HRWS, the nature of transboundary groundwaters, and the interplay between these two fields. The author argues that IWL agreements should contain a provision related to the HRWS to ensure the protection of this right with a stipulation included in the nonbinding instrument that tackles shared groundwaters: the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers adopted in 2008 through the United Nations General Assembly Resolution. The book will be of interest to international lawyers, water and human right experts, geologists, and anyone interested in water and human rights issues.

Imad Antoine Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Law and Governance at the Section of Governance and Technology for Sustainability, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. He is a Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiative for Sustainable Development, Essex, United Kingdom, and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization (CIGRU) and Institute of Water Security and Science (IWSS), West Virginia University, United States. Dr. Ibrahim is an Independent Expert Member of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Drought under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

Introduction; 1. Situating the Debate; 2. Current State of Customary International Groundwater Law; 3. Dissecting the Main Legal Dilemmas; 4. The Legal Classification of Transboundary Aquifers; 5. The Interplay Between International Water Law and Human Rights Agreements; 6. Harmonizing International Water Law while Considering the Human Right to Water and Sanitation; Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2024
Reihe/Serie	Transnational Law and Governance
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-032-07644-5 / 1032076445
ISBN-13	978-1-032-07644-7 / 9781032076447
Zustand	Neuware